Staff Profiles: Paul Matthews

Staff Profile: Paul MatthewsSenior Lecturer in Strategy

Paul Matthews

Senior Lecturer in Strategy

Business, Entrepreneurship and Financial Management

I am an experienced enterprise educator with 13yrs in the UK HE sector. I teach strategy and entrepreneurship and I specialise in creating practical, hands-on learning experiences to help students understand the reality, fun and challenges of starting and scaling a business, project or event.

Biography

I am an experienced academic with 13yrs in the UK HE sector and 20yrs in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sectors around the world. I place a high value on applied learning and situational knowledge and specialise in creating fun, engaging and practical learning experiences to help participants gain the knowledge and insight to be able to apply their academic understanding in a real world environment.

I lead on the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme at the University of Gloucestershire and I am studying for a PhD in Entrepreneurship Policy at the University of South Wales.

Qualifications

Award

Title

Institution

Date

PG Cert

Learning & Teaching in Vocational Subjects

University of Birmingham

2016

PG Diploma

Management

University of Birmingham

2015

PG Cert

Project Management

Birmingham City University

2007

BA (Hons)

Business Management

University of Wolverhampton

2006

Membership of professional bodies

?Fellow - Royal Society for the encouragements of the Arts & Manufacturing (FRSA)